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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

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Encore 2017

April 20, 2017

During Concert Chorale, Hilary Morton conducts her students as they sing "White House." Morton has been a choir director at Free State for nine years. "I have Chamber Singers Monday nights, Feminist Club every other Wednesday and now with Encore, I work Wednesday and Thursday nights and come to rehearsals throughout the weekend," Morton said.

Choir Director juggles nodules, busy schedules

Maya Hodison, Reporter March 15, 2016

Nodules are small blisters formed on the thin folds of the vocal cords caused by overuse of the speaking voice, improper singing, a prolonged cold or just weak vocal cords to begin with. Choir...

India Taylor

India Taylor

kyra haas, online co-managing editor May 14, 2013

Known for her love of tickling people and her overwhelmingly positive attitude, junior India Taylor has spent her days at Free State trying to bring out  the best in people by being the best she can be.   “I...

Encore Exhaustion

maria mckee, reporter March 14, 2013

Encore is Free State’s annual choir showcase. Juniors and seniors participate in a variety of songs, rehearsing all quarter long, although they begin even sooner, in the fall, picking out songs to sing....

The Free Press Guide to the Hallway’s

miranda davis May 26, 2011

Upper Left Classes in this hallway: math and science This hallway is full of future engineers and rocket scientists. It is known to have a distinct smell after an experiment conducted by the chemistry...

Shadow for a Day: Hilary Morton

May 26, 2011

Like many Free State students, I’m quite involved in school activities. However, choir is not of them. This makes me a minority at this school. When I chose to shadow Hilary Morton, the choir director,...

1 in 1000: Braden Clements

September 24, 2010

“People tell me I’m weird.” For sophomore Braden Clements things have always been a little different. “I was three when I learned how to use the potty.” This, however, has not stopped him....

Behind The Walls

austin fisher, katherine corliss September 21, 2010

As only a single part of the myriad people who have come and gone through the Free State doors for the past 13 years, one rarely stops to consider how each unseen element of our school comes together to...

Student Musician Mourned

Maggie Hull, managing editor June 20, 2009

School Grieves After DuttonHurt's Death On Friday, May 1, Aezra DuttonHurt, a senior and musical star, was found dead in Naismith Hall on the University of Kansas campus. DuttonHurt’s death brings...

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